Plant Rheum palmatum (Polygonaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Chinese Rhubarb

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
SENNOSIDE-F	1	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDE-F	1	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SENNOSIDES-A+B	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
SODIUM	1	Rhizome	140.0	175.0	-0.43	Duke, 1992 *
STILBENE-GLYCOSIDES	0	Rhizome	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TANNINS	0	Root	50000.0	100000.0	-1.09	Abstract (See species file)
TETRACOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	10.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRADECANOL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRAMETHYL-PYRAZINE	22	Rhizome	not available	1.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TETRARIN	0	Root	not available	not available	not available	Chemical Constituents of Oriental Herbs (3 diff. books)
TORREYOL	2	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRICOSANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANAL	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
TRIDECANOIC-ACID	2	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANE	0	Rhizome	not available	0.5	not available	Duke, 1992 *
UNDECANOIC-ACID	0	Rhizome	not available	6.0	not available	Duke, 1992 *
ZINC	77	Rhizome	9.0	10.0	-0.44	Duke, 1992 *

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antileukonychic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilisteria	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilithic	2	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
AntiLyme	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antilymphomic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimaculitic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimastalgic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimenopausal	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antimenorrhagic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antimetastatic	2	Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
Antimigraine	1	Werbach, M. 1993. Healing with Food. Harper Collins, New York, 443 pp.
Antimitral-valve-prolapse	1	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMRSA	2	Duke, 1992 *
AntiMS	2	Martindale's 29th
Antimutagenic	10	Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Antineoplastic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephrolytic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuralgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuropathic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antineurotic	1	Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.